416: Chapter 416 The Zhong family has arrived too!

The aura emanating from Yan Qingwu was so powerful that Pei Donglai's expression changed.

It wasn't because she was so strong that he was pale with horror.

It was because...

The other party's strength had already surpassed his own understanding of her!

"This is... Early Heaven Realm!!!"

The kneeling elders behind him were also dumbfounded, their faces filled with shock.

How was this possible?

Wasn't Yan Qingwu at the Early Earth Realm?

How did she suddenly become Early Heaven Realm???

This jump was simply too massive!

Huo Tiandu and Liu Rushi, lying on the ground, were also filled with disbelief.

Although they weren't close to Yan Qingwu, they knew her background.

Early Earth Realm—there was absolutely no mistake about that!

One must know.

Huo Tiandu was a powerhouse at the Heavenly Realm Peak; it was impossible for him to sense it wrongly!

But now...

This is the fucking Heaven Realm!

How many days has it been?

The two exchanged a look, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Liu Ruyan, standing at the edge of the field, was completely stunned.

Although she wasn't a cultivator, she had been around them enough to know what the Heaven Realm represented.

Her brother was twelve years older than Yan Qingwu, yet he had only just reached the Heaven Realm level.

But this woman had reached it so easily.

Forget the Heaven Realm, her husband Zhong Li couldn't even reach the Earth Realm!

Too astonishing!

Too unbelievable!

However...

Everyone had a second thought.

Damn.

Wasn't Ye Chen also only in his twenties?

But he could directly kick a Heavenly Realm Peak expert to death, so Yan Qingwu being at the Early Heaven Realm seemed quite reasonable?

Ye Chen leaned back in his lounge chair, crossing his legs, and spoke with a smile.

"Pavilion Master Pei, guess how she broke through?"

Pei Donglai's whole body shook as he snapped his head toward Ye Chen, his eyes full of horror.

"Could it be... you?"

Ye Chen smiled slightly and didn't answer, only nodding gently.

Pei Donglai's pupils suddenly constricted.

An unfathomable young man had allowed someone who was only at the Early Earth Realm to soar all the way to the Early Heaven Realm?

This...

Other than those old monsters who were about to wither away using a 'top-down empowerment' method to help their descendants build a foundation and incidentally boost their cultivation, there didn't seem to be any other way to help someone raise their level like this, right?

But Ye Chen wasn't old; he was in the prime of his life.

Would he waste his own cultivation to help another person?

Unless it was...

dual cultivation!

Otherwise, it was impossible for Yan Qingwu to make such rapid progress!

Ye Chen saw his shocked expression and guessed his thoughts: "Don't guess blindly, she and I didn't engage in dual cultivation."

"That's right." Yan Qingwu's face turned red as she also stepped forward to defend herself.

Not dual cultivation?

Then how on earth was it done???

Everyone was even more confused.

Ye Chen laughed and continued.

"Pavilion Master Pei, I know that the Heaven Realm is nothing to you."

"After all, you are an established powerhouse who entered the Celestial Master Realm long ago."

"But guess..."

He paused and pointed at himself.

"What is my current strength?"

Pei Donglai's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed hard.

What strength?

Did he even need to guess?

Not long ago, they had received news that Chen Feng of the Chen Family had been beaten by him like a dead dog!

His strength was at least above the Celestial Master Realm!

Perhaps even...

Tianyi Realm!

Such a young Celestial Master Realm expert was enough to make one despair!

Ye Chen looked at him and spoke one word at a time.

"Let me ask you again."

"Can I mold you the same way I molded her?"

As the words fell.

Pei Donglai's heart twitched violently.

Mold him?

Raise his realm as well???

He had been stuck at the Early Celestial Master Realm for ten whole years!

Ten years!

Only he knew the pain of that bottleneck, the despair of being unable to advance even an inch!

If he could break through...

Even if it was only to the Middle Celestial Master Realm, it would be a qualitative leap!

Looking at the entire secular world, there weren't many people who could step into the Celestial Master Realm to begin with!

At that point, Tianji Pavilion under his command could truly be called a regional overlord!

Pei Donglai's breathing suddenly became rapid.

He looked at Ye Chen, his eyes full of complexity.

There was shock, desire, hesitation, and struggle.

Ye Chen leaned on the lounge chair and didn't rush him, just looking at him with a smile.

He knew.

This fish had already taken the bait.

His 'carrot' had already been dangled.

The rest...

Was just waiting for the other party to bite on his own.

Time passed minute by minute.

Pei Donglai stood in place, the expression on his face shifting constantly.

Finally.

He took a deep breath and bent his knees.

Thud!

Once again, he knelt straight down in front of Ye Chen!

This time, he knelt deeper and more devoutly than before!

"Mr. Ye!"

"From now on, I, Pei Donglai, am willing to serve you with the loyalty of a dog or a horse!"

"I will go through fire and water, and never refuse!"

"If I have any ulterior motives, may heaven strike me with lightning and may I die a horrible death!"

His voice was loud and resonant, his eyes full of determination.

Sworn loyalty unto death!

Seeing their Pavilion Master like this, the kneeling elders also bowed in unison, their foreheads touching the ground.

"If we have any ulterior motives, may heaven strike us with lightning!"

In the center of the field, Huo Tiandu and Liu Rushi lay on the ground, watching this scene, their entire beings going numb.

So Tianji Pavilion has completely become Ye Chen's vassal...

Oh no, not a vassal.

A dog.

The kind of dog that is willing to be a dog.

Ye Chen leaned on the lounge chair, looking at Pei Donglai kneeling on the ground, and smiled slightly.

"Get up."

"Since we're on the same side, don't just kneel at every turn."

"If people see this, they'll think I, Ye Chen, am some kind of tyrant."

Only then did Pei Donglai stand up, his face full of anticipation: "Mr. Ye, about... my bottleneck..."

Ye Chen waved his hand, interrupting him.

"No rush."

"Do the work first."

"Once the task is done, what should be given will naturally be given."

Pei Donglai nodded repeatedly, the smile on his face becoming even more radiant.

"Yes, yes, yes! Mr. Ye is right!"

"Rest assured, from today on, Tianji Pavilion is your eyes and your ears!"

"Whatever you want to know or investigate, just give the command!"

Seeing this, Ye Chen felt quite pleased in his heart.

Trading a 'carrot' for the Tianji Pavilion...

Not a bad deal?

Moreover, this carrot wasn't impossible to realize.

As long as he was willing, helping Pei Donglai break through his bottleneck was just a simple matter.

Just like with Yan Qingwu.

And for him, this was a guaranteed win-win situation.

After all.

The energy converted from side effects was an extra 'gift'.

Just as Ye Chen was secretly feeling smug...

Suddenly!

"Chief Instructor!!!"

A thunderous shout suddenly erupted!

Ye Chen looked up and his face immediately darkened.

Those one hundred and twenty wolf cubs had stopped their training at some point and were now rushing toward him like they were on stimulants, howling as they came!

Leading them were Lu Nan, Guo Qinling, and a few others.

In the blink of an eye, they rushed to the lounge chair and knelt on the ground with a series of thuds.

"Chief Instructor! We want to improve too!"

"Right, right! We want to be in the Heaven Realm too!"

"Chief Instructor, you can't be biased! We'll work like slaves for you too!"

"We're your soldiers too! You can't just leave us behind!"

...

The rest of the wolf cubs also rushed up, kneeling in circles around the lounge chair, surrounding Ye Chen so tightly that not even water could leak through.

They all looked at him eagerly, their gazes more intense than if they were looking at a beautiful woman.

Ye Chen's face was completely black.

Good grief...

Even if he could help people improve, he couldn't boost over a hundred people all at once, could he?

As the old saying goes.

Only the ox can be worked to death; the field can never be worn out by plowing!

He took a deep breath.

"Everyone, shut up!"

With a low shout, the entire field instantly went silent.

The wolf cubs knelt on the ground, looking at him expectantly.

Ye Chen spoke crossly.

"Do you think boosting cultivation is like buying cabbages? You just give it out whenever?"

"I'm telling you, if you want to get stronger, then cultivate honestly! Train properly!"

"When you've cultivated to a certain level and made contributions to the country, you'll get what you deserve!"

"Do you understand?"

The wolf cubs listened and were stunned for two seconds.

Then—

"UNDERSTOOD!!!"

A thunderous response erupted over the football field!

That momentum and volume made Pei Donglai's old limbs shake.

Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction.

"Good that you understand."

"Now get lost and go back to training!"

"If I catch anyone slacking off today, tomorrow you'll end up just like Liu Rushi and Huo Tiandu!"

Hearing this, the wolf cubs shuddered, scrambled up, and ran.

In the blink of an eye.

They all ran back to the center of the field and began training fervently again.

That speed!

That drive!

It was ten times more intense than before.

Huo Tiandu and Liu Rushi, lying on the ground, almost burst into tears upon hearing those words.

Who did they provoke?

They were already lying on the ground getting beaten, and now they were being used as negative examples???

However.

Before they could cry, a member of the Dragon Group ran in quickly, came straight to Ye Chen, and bowed: "Chief Instructor! The Zhong Family is outside requesting an audience!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Liu Ruyan, who was still in a state of shock, suddenly snapped out of it and instinctively looked toward the entrance, a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, a playful look flashing in his eyes.

"Oh?"

"They're finally here?"

He smiled slightly, leaned back in his lounge chair, and spoke lazily.

"Then please, invite them in."